Irish traditions?

[SantaByMail]

Does anyone know of any Christmas traditions from Ireland? My brother-in-law is Irish and really into his heritage--I was hoping to find him a gift related to both Christmas and Ireland.

[SantaClausCom]

[quote="SantaByMail"]Does anyone know of any Christmas traditions from Ireland? My brother-in-law is Irish and really into his heritage--I was hoping to find him a gift related to both Christmas and Ireland.[/quote]



That is a good question, I did find a few answers that talk about Irish Christmas traditions:



1. A Candle in the Window - placing a candle in the window

2. Laden Table - food for the tired, wandering traveler.

3. Holly wreaths.



http://www.ireland-information.com/arti ... itions.htm

http://members.tripod.com/~pg4anna/xmas.htm

[SantaByMail]

I'm going to pass these along to my sister. She's having her first baby in March. I know that she and her husband will want to start creating special Nichols family traditions.

[GreenElf]

I don't really know any traditions Irish traditions myself but thanks for the link. Very interesting and informative. For my family it has been a tradition for us ever since I can remember that we get to open one present the night of Christmas eve before we go to bed. Does anyone else to that?